This is a discussion on I am gonna try a new tactic in poker within the online poker forums, in the Learning Poker section; Many years ago, I used to have above average good luck in poker. This was back in the 1990s , and I was a continual

Many years ago, I used to have above average good luck in poker. This was back in the 1990s , and I was a continual winner in poker for 3-4 years .

Those days of good luck have long since passed and I find myself in a never ending grind to try and overcome the bad beats/ cold cards. Im not a big loser in the game, but the grind is awful for the very low profits im getting each month in the live local games. I have decided that my new strategy is gonna focus on how many hands I dont win in a set time. For example :

From now on, If I am unable to win 1 hand in 2 hours of play at the table, I am going to cashout and go home and wait for another day to try again. Last week I played in a local pot limit game that has a min buy in of $300 , and as usual, I sat there for 3 hours and did not win one damn pot, nor did I split a pot { in hi lo} . I played 2 hands and got my money in with the best hand, and got drawn out on within 2 hours of play. I busted and lost my $300 buy in . I usually would rebuy , but I decided I am not gonna sit and be miserable at any poker table when my luck is so bad, that I cant even win one hand in 3 hours.

I will go to this game again tommorrow, buy in for $300 and if I dont win 1 pot within 2 hours of play, I will cash out and go home . For me , I can always tell if its gonna be a good night for me by the first 60 minutes of play and I have never been a comeback player, that loses money early, then comes back and wins money . With this new strategy , it wont be based on how much money I lose , but how few pots I win, in a designated time period, which makes me decide to quit and go home. Hopefully this strategy takes away most of the frustrations and boredom of sitting at a poker table for 8 hours, when you feel like you arent gonna win a pot all night long.

#2

6th April 2016, 4:13 PM

drcarloshimg [743]

Online Poker at: FTP

Game: Holdem

Hi Rummel it will be nice to know if you are playing at the same place than in the 90's? If that's the case then the new generation plays better poker due to the on line experience and you need to study the new strategies.
If you are playing in a different place, then perhaps is a more competitive that the one you used to play back in the 90's.
Either case, if I don't win a single hand in 1 hour I get my soul out of there. As the song goes "you need to know when to walk away, or when to run", unless is a Tournament and then I play until the end and more aggresively,

#3

7th April 2016, 9:13 AM

Rumme1 [225]

Poker at: BLACKCHIP

Quote:

Originally Posted by drcarloshimg

Hi Rummel it will be nice to know if you are playing at the same place than in the 90's? If that's the case then the new generation plays better poker due to the on line experience and you need to study the new strategies.
If you are playing in a different place, then perhaps is a more competitive that the one you used to play back in the 90's.
Either case, if I don't win a single hand in 1 hour I get my soul out of there. As the song goes "you need to know when to walk away, or when to run", unless is a Tournament and then I play until the end and more aggresively,

These are all different games { I relocated to a new state] . These players in these new games, are much worse then the old games I used to play in. They play looser, and overlook hands and make alot of mistakes . I should be crushing them, but I just dont run good like I used to. Im not losing alot of money to them, but its barely worth it to sit at the table and grind it out with such constant bad luck/ cold cards.